Denmark

New details revealed on Crown Princess Mary's exhibition

The new year is here, and several significant royal anniversaries will be celebrated throughout Europe in the year ahead. The Danish Crown Princess Mary is celebrating her 50th birthday this year, and this will be celebrated on a large scale if the pandemic allows it. On 3 February, Crown Princess Mary will open an exhibition at Frederiksborg Castle celebrating her life and achievements. Called…
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A look back at the Danish royal year

January Queen Margrethe began the New Year with a poignant speech, urging us all to “Not lose heart” over the ongoing pandemic. As the Danish Royal Family is renowned for their New Year’s and New Year’s Eve events, the team here at Royal Central looked back at…
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New book to be published for Crown Princess Mary's 50th birthday

A new book detailing Crown Princess Mary’s royal life will be published ahead of her 50th birthday in February. Mary – HRH The Crown Princess (in Danish: Mary – HKH) will be released on 31 January by Danish publisher Politikens Forlag as a photographic book featuring work by Danish and international photographers. According to the publisher, these photographers will “give a rare insight…
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Queen Margrethe shares childhood photos from St. Lucia celebrations

A special holiday took place this week in the Nordic nations as they celebrated St Lucia, a Christian saint. The celebration is marked by young children dressing up, holding candles in the dark, singing and handing out a traditional pastry called “lussekatter.” To mark the holiday, the Danish Royal Court published several older photographs of how the Royal Family celebrated the day during…
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Queen Margrethe cancels New Year’s events

Queen Margrethe of Denmark has cancelled the planned New Year events at the beginning of 2022. The Danish Royal House said the Queen has cancelled the banquet for the government, Speaker of the Danish Parliament, representatives of official Denmark and the Royal Court…
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Baby elephant owned by Queen of Denmark and King of Sweden dies

Many of Europe’s royals have dogs as pets. What has been quite unknown to most people, however, is that the Swedish King and the Danish Queen, also owns several elephan`s. Now one of the royal elephants has died. The elephant was the son of two elephants that were once given as a gift by another monarch. The baby elephant, named Prince, died this week after a rapid illness. Prince, who…
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